I’m not talking in general hypotheticals, The comment was made under a vox populi segment, where a woman wanted to “end welfare” so the government would have more money for “her food stamps”. And when the interviewer told her those are the same thing, she went into a rant about how she’s not letting welfare queens get her money when she can’t afford to feed her kids. In other words, she was so panicked and desperate she was unable to see the bigger picture, and reacted with hostility. The parallel is kinda stark. The start of this thread was “honestly, both choices are bad, Americans should have a better option” and your response was to rant about people against the wall.
I am not arguing both parties are equally bad. I am not saying voting is foolish. I made no argument about voting. I am not the having that conversation with you,your brainworms are. You are now on comment 3, and you still think I’m talking about the 2024 election. I’m not. I, and hopefully the rest of non-Americans in this thread, are making a broader point about the overall trajectory of US politics, which is that it’s not looking good.
Consider, for example: Why do the evil aliens have to be the same? Why can’t one of the evil aliens be worse than the other? Maybe Kang instituted a 4-day workweek. Maybe Kang offered free healthcare. Maybe Kang is vegan, and Kodos eats kids. In this case, it would be entirely justified to vote for Kang, since he is by far the better option compared to Kodos. But the joke would still work, unchanged, because the setup for the punchline is “why are we building a death ray?”. I act like you’re unhinged because you answer “Why the death ray?” with “Kodos is a fascist!”.
If the death ray is the two party system, then some members from one party support plans to dismantle the death ray, while the other party wants to build something even worse than the death ray. If the death ray is shitty things both parties agree on in general, they usually have a solid majority of the population in support of the death ray. However, even explaining this to you is more of a response than you deserve.
You called me a wonk with brainworms for calling fascists what they are, ignoring everything I said after that about shifting the narrative to more important topics. I even explained how identifying fascists isn’t unhinged, yet you doubled down because you never actually cared about good faith discussion. It’s too late to walk back to a reasonable position when you made it obvious that you think taking politics seriously is stupid.
“There’s no shark in the water. Open the beaches so you don’t ruin the 4th of July weekend Brody. Quit being alarmist. It’s not like that many people will die anyways.”
Few things are more pathetic than lazy slimeballs like you, smug in their apathy.
I’m not talking in general hypotheticals, The comment was made under a vox populi segment, where a woman wanted to “end welfare” so the government would have more money for “her food stamps”. And when the interviewer told her those are the same thing, she went into a rant about how she’s not letting welfare queens get her money when she can’t afford to feed her kids. In other words, she was so panicked and desperate she was unable to see the bigger picture, and reacted with hostility. The parallel is kinda stark. The start of this thread was “honestly, both choices are bad, Americans should have a better option” and your response was to rant about people against the wall.
I am not arguing both parties are equally bad. I am not saying voting is foolish. I made no argument about voting. I am not the having that conversation with you, your brainworms are. You are now on comment 3, and you still think I’m talking about the 2024 election. I’m not. I, and hopefully the rest of non-Americans in this thread, are making a broader point about the overall trajectory of US politics, which is that it’s not looking good.
Consider, for example: Why do the evil aliens have to be the same? Why can’t one of the evil aliens be worse than the other? Maybe Kang instituted a 4-day workweek. Maybe Kang offered free healthcare. Maybe Kang is vegan, and Kodos eats kids. In this case, it would be entirely justified to vote for Kang, since he is by far the better option compared to Kodos. But the joke would still work, unchanged, because the setup for the punchline is “why are we building a death ray?”. I act like you’re unhinged because you answer “Why the death ray?” with “Kodos is a fascist!”.
If the death ray is the two party system, then some members from one party support plans to dismantle the death ray, while the other party wants to build something even worse than the death ray. If the death ray is shitty things both parties agree on in general, they usually have a solid majority of the population in support of the death ray. However, even explaining this to you is more of a response than you deserve.
You called me a wonk with brainworms for calling fascists what they are, ignoring everything I said after that about shifting the narrative to more important topics. I even explained how identifying fascists isn’t unhinged, yet you doubled down because you never actually cared about good faith discussion. It’s too late to walk back to a reasonable position when you made it obvious that you think taking politics seriously is stupid.
“There’s no shark in the water. Open the beaches so you don’t ruin the 4th of July weekend Brody. Quit being alarmist. It’s not like that many people will die anyways.”
Few things are more pathetic than lazy slimeballs like you, smug in their apathy.
I don’t want to take away your food stamps. That’s the worms talking again.
Anyway, enjoy the death ray.